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Musclefood has named Gareth Jones as its new chief executive officer.
Jones’ previous roles include deputy chief executive of Shop Direct and Chief Executive for Missguided. He will take over from Musclefood founder Darren Beale as soon as he takes up his new part time non-executive role.
Commenting on the appointment, Beale...

The Entertainer has reported an uplift in sales over the Christmas period.
In the five weeks leading to December 29th, total sales were up by 22.4%.
Saturday 22nd December was the company’s biggest trading day of the period. Like-for-like sales climbed by 13.5% across the five weeks, with in-store like-for-like sales were...

Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley has placed a bid to buy HMV.
HMV fell into its second administration in six years last month, placing 2,200 jobs at risk.
Ashley has also recently purchased House of Fraser and Evans Cycles.
His company also owns stakes in French Connection and Debenhams.
Hilco, who saves HMV out...

N Brown has reported that sales for the 18 weeks leading to January 5th were down by 1.6%.
The group said that product sales were down by 6% as it has continued to lower its marketing spend.
Jacamo, Simply Be and JD Williams all out performed the rest of the business with a...

Primark’s sales rose by 4% in the 16 weeks to January 5th, and profits were ‘well ahead’ of the same period last year.
The retailer has put the growth down to increased retail selling space, which was offset by a ‘modest’ decline is like-for-like sales.
Sales in Primark’s UK business were up by...

Game Digital UK saw it’s like-for-like sales drop by 0.3% over the 7 weeks to January 5th. Sales in Spain were up 4.8% in the period.
The results meant that group like-for-like sales climbed by 2% during the seven week period, and by 1% in the first 23 weeks of the...

H&M has been using some of its stores to trial new concepts as it looks to improve the customer experience both in store and online.
The retailer experimented with the interior and exterior of its stores, and the product ranges offered in 2018, and this is set to continue into 2019.
It...

Avon is planning to launch a delivery scheme that would allow online shoppers in Latin America to receive their beauty purchases within just two hours.
The brand has teamed up with delivery service Rappi to trial the concept in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Bogota and Medellin in Columbia. The trial will...

Marks & Spencer is launching a range of affordable vegan shoes for both men and women this month. This will be the brands first offering in the vegan fashion market, previously only offering vegan products in their food and beauty departments.
It will be offering 350 styles for men and women,...

Fashion label Christopher Raeburn has rebranded by changing its name and logo design.
The brand is rebranding to ‘Raeburn’ and has introduced a new logo that revisits the labels military origins, stemming from when the designer used military surplus, including parachutes to make clothing.
In a blog post, Christopher addressed the rebranding...

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